Expect lots of questions. About why you're there, symptoms, how you're functioning in daily life, your goals for therapy / meds. Most psychiatrists I've encountered lately are meds focused and aren't really trained to do therapy (I realize there are exceptions). I remember my first appointment with my first pdoc - I cried through most of it. She asked me lots of questions about my childhood, problems I was having now. She worked with my psychologist, so she was already pre-briefed on me & some of my issues, so really it was a question of figuring out what med to put me on. I got lucky and we hit on one that worked right away.

Just try to be as honest and open as you can, even if it is scary, because that's the best way of getting help.

--splitimage